Ironing-table.



No. 747.615 PATENTED DEC. 22, 1903.-

F. X. KRABAGH. IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2a. 1903. m noun."

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P. X. KRABAGH.

IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 1903.

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Patented December 22, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK X. KRABACH, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,615, dated December 22, 1903.

Application filed Mai. 23, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. FRANK X. KRABAOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ironing-tables, and has for one of its objects to provide a foldable ironing-table which is stable and strong when set up ready for use, notwithstanding the fact that its board is supported at and adjacent to but one end thereof.

Another object is to provide a foldable ironing-table the board of which may be fixed at different heights to suit different persons.

Another object is to provide a-foldable ironing-table equipped with inexpensive and efficient means for supporting depending portions of pieces of clothes incident to the ironing thereof and preventing bedraggling of said portions on the floor.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ironing-table as it appears when unfolded and set up ready for use; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, an elevation of the table as it appears when compactly folded and ready to be placed in a closet or corner, and Fig. 4 a detail hori- -zontal section taken in the plane indicated by the broken line 4 4 of Fig. 2 looking downwardly.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the several views of the drawings, referring to which A is the board of my improved table,which has longitudinal strips 0!. fixed to its under side adjacent to its large end.

B B are long legs connected together by cross-rods b and oblique wires 0 and pivotally connected attheir upper ends to the strips Ct adjacent to the outer ends thereof and preferably through the medium of a shaft d,which is fixed to the legs and journaled in the strips, and O O are short legs connected together by cross-rods e and diagonal wires f. These legs C are arranged between and pivotally con- Serial lilo-149,193. (No model.)

nected at g to the legs B and are provided in the rear edges of their lower portions with lower and upper notches h 't' and on said edges bet-ween the notches with lower and upper downwardly-disposed hooks j k.

D is a bail-shaped locking member, preferably of wire, pivotally connected at its ends to the lower portions of the legs B and having a transverse portion Z equipped with a wooden rod m, adapted to seat in the notches h 1 E is a-bail-shaped locking member, also preferably of wire, pivotally connected to the'legs B adjacent to the upper ends thereof and having a transverse portion adapted to be engaged with the hooks j'lc, and F is a receptacle disposed below the board A and adapted to catch and hold the depending portions of pieces of clothes while the same are being ironed. The said receptacle preferably comprises side bars n, pivot-ally connected at g to the ends'of the rod 9, which connects the legs 0 and the legs B and suspended by means of chains 19 from the board A and a piece of muslin or other suitable textile material q, connected to the side bars and bagged, as shown. The piece of textile material is designed when the table is set up ready for use to rest on the wire 0 of the legs B, Fig. 2, when said wires are employed.

When my improved table is folded, Fig. 3, and it is desired to set it up, the table is held in an upright position, as shown in said figure, the small end of the board A is moved away from the legs a distance of about three feet, the lower portions of the short legs 0 are moved in the direction indicated by arrow,

Fig. 1, away from the legs 13, the locking member E is engaged with the upper hooks k on the legs 0, and the rod m of the locking member D is seated in the lower notches h or said legs 0. The table is now set on its legs, when, as will be readily observed, the board will be supported in a stable manner, and

this notwithstanding the fact that the major TOO h. When the said board is to be supported in itslowermost horizontal position, the member E is engaged with the lower hooksj, and the rod 'm of member D is seated in the upper notches 11 above the transverse portion of member E.

To fold the table, the locking members E and D are disengaged from the legs 0. Said legs are swung in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow, Fig. 1, until they rest parallel to and between the legs B. The legs B O and the board A are swung together, when the side bars 11 of the receptacle F will assume positions at the outer sides of and parallel to the legs B. The locking member E is swung against the legs B C. The transverse portion lot the locking member D is swung against the side bars of the member E, and a book i, with which said transverse portion 1 is equipped, is placed in engagement with an eye to on the board A, Fig.3. When the locking member D is thus connected to the board, the table will be held in the compact folded state shown in Fig. 3, and hence will take up but a minimum amount of space in a closet or apartment.

Notwithstanding its advantages as pointed out in the foregoing, it will be observed that my improved table is very simple and inexpensive and embodies no parts that are liable to become broken or get out of order after a short period of use.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the same. I do not desire, however,

. to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction and arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a foldable ironing-table, the combination of a board, long legs pivotally connected at their upper ends to the board adjacent to one end of the latter, a bail-shaped locking member pivotally connected to the long legs adjacent to the connected ends thereof, a bail-shaped locking member pivotally connected to said long legs adjacent to the free ends thereof, and short legs pivotally connected at an intermediate point of their length to the long legs at an intermediate point in the length of the latter, and having means for engaging the first mentioned locking member, and other means for engaging the second-mentioned locking member.

2. In a foldable ironing-table, the combination of a board, long legs pivotally connected at their upper ends to the board adjacent to one end of the latter, a bail-shaped locking member pivotally connected to the long legs adjacent to the connected ends thereof, a bail-shaped locking member pivotally connected to said long legs adjacent to the free ends thereof; the latter member being formed of wire, and having a transverse portion provided with a rod of wood, and

- short legs pivotally connected at an intermediate point of ,their length to the long legs at an intermediate point in the length of the latter, and each having a hook for the engagement of the first-mentioned locking member, and. a notch adapted to seat the wood rod of the second-mentioned locking member.

In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK X. KRABACH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE S. MILLER, GEORGE K. TORRENCE. 

